enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. African textiles - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_textiles

   African textiles can be used as historical documents. [31] cloth can be used to commemorate a certain person, event, and even a political cause. Much of the history conveyed had more to do with how others impacted the African people, rather than about the African people themselves.

3. Vlisco - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlisco

   The African fabric markets were starved of Dutch Wax for the entirety of the war and when in 1945 Vlisco managed to send a shipment of a fabric called 'Six Bougies' , it was an immediate success. [ 1 ] : 30 So much so, that from 1963 onwards, all Vlisco fabrics have the text 'Guaranteed Dutch Wax Vlisco' stamped on the side, because the fabrics ...

4. Yoruba clothing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Clothing

   Ankara is also known as Dutch wax, African wax, or African print. There are Yoruba made Ankara cloth. Ankara can have various themes and symbols printed on it, such as flowers, animals, stars, or abstract shapes. Eya / Lace: a delicate fabric made from yarn or thread that is looped, twisted, or knotted to create intricate patterns. Lace can be ...

5. Lanre da Silva - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanre_da_Silva

   Lanre da Silva (born 1978) is a Nigerian fashion designer based in Lagos.Launched in 2005, her eponymous label includes couture, ready-to-wear, jewelry and hairpieces. [1] [2] Da Silva's collections often incorporate metallic fabrics, lace and African patterns, while referencing the 1940s or 1800s. [3]

6. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shweshwe

   Sotho woman wearing a brown shweshwe dress. Shweshwe (/ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [2] [3] Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.

7. Boubou (clothing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boubou_(clothing)

   The use of the boubou/babban-riga/Kulwu as clothing became widespread among West African Muslims with the migration of Kanuri, Hausa,Fulani and Dyula long-distance traders and Kanuri Islamic preachers in and around Muslim regions of West Africa in the 1400s and even more rapidly in less Islamized areas after the Fulani Jihads of the 19th ...